Calling all Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassadors!

Are you a youth passionate about the ocean and the natural environment? Are you looking for a way to develop the skills you need to engage in conservation and stewardship opportunities? Do you want to connect with like-minded youth and become an environmental leader at your school or in your community? Apply for Cohort 3 of the NOAA Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassador Program!

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NOAA Marine Debris Program Art Contest

The NOAA Marine Debris Program holds an annual art contest to reach K-8 students and help raise awareness about marine debris. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade from the United States and U.S. territories can submit artwork that answers the questions:

• How does marine debris impact the ocean and Great Lakes?
• What are you doing to help prevent marine debris?

For contest and submission guidelines, please visit our website and download the entry form (also available in Spanish). Enter today and you could see your artwork featured in our 2026 Marine Debris Calendar! So get crafty, get creative, and help us raise awareness about marine debris.

Entries due December 13, 2024.

SOURCE: NOAA Marine Debris Program

Navigating How We Care for Our Ocean

Pacific Islands Region, National Marine Sanctuaries

"Navigating How We Care for Our Ocean" is a multi-part video series that highlights the stories of individuals in communities across the Pacific Islands Region dedicated to protecting and preserving our ocean through their professions and passions. Featuring diverse perspectives, the series includes local cultural practitioners alongside NOAA representatives, all of whom share insights into the history, cultural significance, and reverence for our ocean. By focusing on sanctuary protections and cultural practices, the series aims to foster a deeper understanding in how we navigate the interconnectedness of community and ocean stewardship.

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Middle School Teachers & Classes Needed! - TX

Join Artist Boat for FREE Programming

National Academies Gulf Research Program Awards allow Artist Boat to serve 50 Middle School Teachers and their Classes.

This place based and phenomena driven curriculum will engage students, 6th to 8th grade, in their inquiry-based nature as they learn about climate, land use, and native species through field investigations and hands-on discoveries. 

Artist Boat will provide paid professional development to 50 teachers and key staff who will co-facilitate the transformative program through focus on student-led decision making, questions for investigations, and design thinking to determine actions. By participating over two years, teachers will be confident in leading decision thinking lessons in the future. 

To have your classes participate, please fill out the application and email it to education.manager@artistboat.org.   

SOURCE: Artist Boat

Tips for a Waste-Free Holiday Season

Holidays are a wonderful time, but also a time that can lead to mountains of unnecessary waste! The NOAA Marine Debris Program is excited to share some of the ways we have been keeping busy and getting ready for the holidays, including creative decoration and gift wrapping ideas, zero-waste gifts, and even reducing waste while traveling. Here are a few tips for a low-waste holiday season: 

• Creative Ways to Reduce Waste This Holiday Season
• Guide to a Greener Holiday - Zero Waste Holiday Parties and Decorations
• Guide to a Greener Holiday - Zero Waste Gifts and Gift Wrapping
• Guide to a Greener Holiday - Holiday Travel Plans
• New Year, New Goals, Less Waste

Learn more on the Marine Debris Program blog

Research Ecologist - WA

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

The Research Ecologist, you will perform the following duties:

• Perform the full spectrum of research activities.
• Utilize comprehensive knowledge of conservation biology, marine ecology, natural resources, and environmental sciences to synthesize complex scientific information into a variety of scientific publications and public outreach materials.
• Build partnerships with external organizations to further a sanctuary site's science needs and priorities.
• Coordinate with other sanctuaries to expand research efforts, and efficiently utilize and share resources within the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations to novel, complex, and controversial issues.

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/818375700 (open to status candidates)

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/818375500 (open to all U.S. Citizens or Nationals)

This job announcement will close on November 22, 2024.

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